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One Day at a Time.
Helen Hunt.

One day at a time, thats all it can be
No faster than that, is the hardest fate
And days have their limits, how ever we
Begin them too early, & stretch them too late.

One day at a time, every heart that aches
Knowing only too well, how long they can seem
But its never today, which the spirit breaks
Its the darkened future, without a gleam.
* * * * *
One day at a time. But a single day
Whatever its load, whatever its length
There's a bit of precious Scripture to say
That according to each, shall be our strength.

One day at a time, tis the whole of life,
All sorrow, all joy, are measured there-in
The bound of our purpose, our noblest strife
The one only countersign, sure to win.